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E.C. Segar

American cartoonist

Died when: 43 years 309 days (526 months)
Star Sign: Sagittarius

 

E.C. Segar

Elzie Crisler Segar (/'si?g??r/;December 8, 1894 – October 13, 1938), known by the pen name E.C.Segar, was an American cartoonist best known as the creator of Popeye, a pop culture character who first appeared in 1929 in Segar's comic strip Thimble Theatre.

Charles M.Schulz said of Segar's work: "I think Popeye was a perfect comic strip, consistent in drawing and humor".

Carl Barks described Segar as "the unbridled genius as far as I was concerned".


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